Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many settlement payments his Department issued following claims of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23 financial years.
The information below shows the information held by DWP in relation to the settlement payments following claims of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination over the financial years of (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22, (iv) 2022-23.
(i) 2019-2020
(a) Bullying – 0
(b) Harassment – 3
(c) Discrimination – 0
(ii) 2020-2021
(a) Bullying – 0
(b) Harassment – 2
(c) Discrimination – 0
(iii) 2021-2022
(a) Bullying – 3
(b) Harassment – 11
(c) Discrimination – 0
(iv) 2022-2023
(a) Bullying – 2
(b) Harassment – 4
(c) Discrimination – 0
This is the number of cases settled by DWP due to poor prospect of success at litigation in line with Cabinet Office guidance. DWP do not have in place any compromise agreements in this period.